Agretator

Essentially the precursor to
Darkane,
the band eventually known as Agretator formed around 1991 as Demise.
Two years later they were told that a band named
Demise already existed,
and so they adopted the name Agretator, a combination of the words
Agressor and Agitator.
They managed to release Delusions in 1994 on a tiny record label that
really didn't serve them well marketing-wise, but they soldiered on,
releasing a self-financed MCD in 1996 (Distorted Logic)
and an unreleased
demo in 1997.
Their music was choppy, technical thrash metal, showing some promise
but never really jelling into something solid.
No doubt Delusions is a lost classic to some,
but to these ears the songs just didn't take hold.
Eventually their desire to become more technical got the best of them,
which has been the bane of many such bands -- the desire to be
quirky or unconventional detracts from the simple composition of real
songs.
By 1998 they were done, and the core of the band evolved into Darkane
soon afterword.